In episode two of GCUC Radio, host, Tony Bacigalupo, talked to Manu Vega, the founder of Cuenca Coworking in Ecuador. Here are were my main takeaways from the conversation. About Cuenca Coworking Cuenca Coworking has grown from a 1970s townhouse to eight locations across the country since 2014. Manu is also personally invested in helping local projects meet success and often provides his own resources to help them get started. Manu sees coworking as an essential path to diversifying the…
On June 4, 2018, Sajid Islam interviewed France Hoang and Tom Craig of Chisel. Chisel is a slang term for lawyers. Accordingly, Chisel is a coworking space specifically for lawyers built within a law firm, FH+H. Finding a Niche France and Tom were partners together on the law firm, FH+H. Fh+H is a very entrepreneurial law firm. Part of what differentiates FH+H from other firms is that the Lawyers are also entrepreneurial. The firm itself is always looking for…
I listened to episode 1 of GCUC Radio where the host, Tony Bacigalupo, kicked off the series with an introduction to coworking. Here is what I got out of the podcast. Coworking How it Started Coworking is taking the world on by storm. It started in 2005 in one small community in San Francisco to 780,000 in 2015. The idea of coworking started by a few people with the same desire to get out of the house and be…
Susan King Glosby and Nora FitzGerald were interviewed about WorkAway Solutions on May 31, 2018 by Sajid Islam. Background Susan and Nora knew each other as friends. They depended on one another to take care of each other’s children and support one another’s work. They would occasionally cowork at each other’s houses but primarily worked from home. However, one day in June of 2017, the two went to a cafe for a change of scenery. There, they spent $40 on…
The 2017 GWA Flexible Office Space Conference in New York City was a three day event that took place from November 8-10. The conference provided attendees with the opportunity to hear from some of the industry's most seasoned experts. With our summary guide you can read some valuable tips from the speakers. Download our free guide here!
